Monk Reading

It has often worried me that future archaeologists combing through the ruins of our society might find nothing more of our culture than a Bay City Rollers 8-track, a DVD box set of season 3 of Family Matters, and a printout of the “Buffalo Soldier” strip from my awkward first few months doing PartiallyClips. So that’s where I originally thought this idea had come from, until I got as far as posting it, at which point I remembered this Jack Handey quote, which had amused the hell out of me on Saturday Night Live a couple of decades ago and was probably on some level the seed for this idea. So, I hereby give credit and thanks for the inspiration.

Anyway, hi! How’re you guys doing? Way better over here – I seem to have finally annihilated most of this stupid cold and now I’m able to do that whole “breathing” thing that the kids are all talking about.

It is not so simple as it seems. It is not one woman. It is one goal. But their ways are not the same, and mutually exclusive. What seems to be weakness is the greater strength, because it is unwavering, and is drawn from nature.
Now, the corncob pipe, on the other hand…